About
Hello/Hola/Tân'si!
My name is Emil Tiedemann and I love writing about the things that make me happy, such as music, my hometown, and my strange obsession with horror cinema.
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In addition to being a writer, I am graphic designer and amateur photographer from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where I ran an award-winning blog (I Heart Edmonton), published my first 10 books, and never ran a marathon (yet)! I have also written articles that have appeared in publications like The Toronto Star, VUE Weekly, and the national Indigenous newspaper Windspeaker, and I previously served as the Communications Director of the Edmonton Pride Festival Society.
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I have provided social media and graphic design content for various companies and organizations through the years, including TELUS, Shaw Communications, Edmonton Elks, Booster Juice, Edo Japan, and McDonald's Canada.
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I am in my 40s now and am currently in the process of embracing a 2.0 version of myself, because I believe self-improvement is a necessity for a happy and healthy life. That's where you can follow along with me and my "journey," through my personal blog The Overhaul, where I share my thoughts and experiences with anyone who cares!
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Media Spots
Here are some occasions when people in the media gave me the time of day...
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- Speaking Municipally podcast with Troy Pavlek and Mack Male, where I played Edmonton-themed Jeopardy! with actual former Jeopardy! contestants from Edmonton, Kyle Marshall and Sam Papuha. (12/13/2023).
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- 630 CHED radio interview with Shaye Ganam about my book, The Ultimate Alberta Bucket List (7/21/2023).
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- CFWE Radio interview with Sean Burke about my book, The Ultimate Alberta Bucket List (7/10/2023).
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- Alberta PrimeTimes article about my book, The Ultimate Alberta Bucket List, and its companion Facebook page (6/26/2023).
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- Western Standard interview with Jonathan Bradley about my new book, The Ultimate Alberta Bucket List (2/4/2023).
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- Global News Morning interview with Lisa MacGregor about my new book, The Ultimate Alberta Bucket List (12/31/2022).
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- The NAIT Nugget article by Angela Kazmierczak about my new book, The Ultimate Alberta Bucket List (11/13/2022).
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- Red Deer Advocate interview with Sean McIntosh about my new book, The Ultimate Alberta Bucket List (10/23/2022).
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- The Lethbridge Herald interview with Cal Braid about my new book, The Ultimate Alberta Bucket List (10/22/2022).
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- The Crash & Mars Show dedicated a segment to reading questions from my Ultimate Edmonton Trivia Book on NOW! Radio (2:02:20) (2/23/2022).
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- Alberta PrimeTimes interview with Lucy Haines about my new book, The Ultimate Edmonton Trivia Book (2/16/2022).
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- CBC Edmonton Radio interview with Mark Connolly and Tara McCarthy about my new book, The Ultimate Edmonton Trivia Book (1/19/2022).
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- Global News Morning interview with Lisa MacGregor about my new book, The Ultimate Edmonton Trivia Book (2021) (1/8/2022).
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- Transforming Edmonton interview with Sandra Sperounes about my experience taking the UofA's 'Indigenous Canada' online course in 2020 (9/29/2021).
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- 630 CHED interview with Reid Wilkins about my Change.org petition to have the downtown community arena renamed after the late Joey Moss (10/30/2020).
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- Edmonton Journal interview with Anna Junker about my Change.org petition to have the downtown community area renamed after Joey Moss (10/27/2020).
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- CTV interview with Steven Dyer about my Change.org petition to have the downtown community area renamed after Joey Moss (10/27/2020).
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- CityTV interview with Courtney Theriault about my Change.org petition to have the downtown community arena renamed after Joey Moss (10/27/2020).
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- CBC interview with Kyle Muzyka about a local group I was apart of called 'The Humans of Edmonton Experience,' which was focused on sharing stories of mental health/awareness, homelessness, hope, and positivity (1/9/2018).
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- Edmonton Journal interview with Stephen Cook about 'The Humans of Edmonton Experience' art/social media collective I was apart of, with Jerry Cordeiro, Joy Zylstra, and Neil Kennedy (1/5/2018).
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- Edmonton Journal interview with Samantha McKay about my "30-Day #buyyeg Challenge" initiative, which encouraged Edmontonians to buy local as much as possible for 30 days (2/24/2016).
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- St. Albert Today interview with Scott Hayes about the 2015 Edmonton Pride Festival, as a Board member of the Edmonton Pride Festival Society (6/6/2015).
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- Gay Calgary interview with Krista Sylvester about the 2015 Edmonton Pride Festival, as I was a Board member of the Edmonton Pride Festival Society from 2014-16 (5/2015).